Loaded Vegan Roasted Red Potatoes

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I love carbs and I love potatoes.

This potato dish is actually really easy to make.

You simply have to roast some little red potatoes, whip up a super easy vegan cheddar cheese sauce, and top it all of with some onions, vegan sour cream, vegan bacon.

This recipe is simple comfort food that everyone in my family loves.

Sever these potatoes with a nice healthy side salad and dinner is delicious and done!

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups quartered red potatoes

  • 1 batch vegan cheddar cheese sauce

  • 1/2 cup vegan sour cream, or plain yogurt ( I use plain Kite Hill Almond Milk Yogurt)

  • 3 diced green onions

  • salt and pepper to taste

  • optional: 1 teaspoon garlic salt

  • 1 teaspoon olive or grapeseed oil

  • optional: coconut bacon

Cheddar Cheese Sauce:

  • 1/2 cup cashews ( plus water for soaking)

  • 1 cup water

  • 2 teaspoons light miso paste

  • 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast

  • 2 tablespoons tapioca starch or corn starch

  • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • smoke paprika

  • turmeric

Instructions:

pre heat oven to 400 degrees

  1. Toss the quartered potatoes in a teaspoon of oil, sprinkle with a little salt, pepper, and garlic powder if you like, and place in an iron skillet or casserole dish. Bake at 400 degrees for about 30-40 minutes. You will need to stir the potatoes around a few times durning baking.

  2. While the potatoes are baking, prepare the cheese sauce by adding the soaked and drained cashews, 1 cup of water, and remaining ingredients to a highspeed blender or food processor. Blend on hight until the mixture is completely smooth.

  3. Transfer cheese mixture to a sauce pan, and heat on medium heat, whisking the whole time, until the sauce begins to thicken. Remove from heat once it has thickened. If it gets to thick you can thin it back out with a little water.

  4. Once potatoes are cooked through, and a little crispy on the edges, remove from the oven and drizzle a hearty portion of cheese sauce over the potatoes. Pop the potatoes back in the over for a few more minutes. ( you may have leftover cheese sauce. It can be refrigerated for about a week and used on nachos, as a chip dip, or any way you like)

  5. Remove Potatoes from the oven and top with diced onions, dollops of sour cream, and coconut bacon.

Serves 4